What the records say
- When
- 1895 – 1904
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 18.88° S, 48.38° E
- Description
- Rising of the Menalamba, 'Red Shawls', following the imposition of French colonial rule in Madagascar in 1895; crushed in 1897.
Placed at the town its title names, Menalamba.
Menalamba rebellion
1895–1897 uprising in Madagascar against French rule
The Menalamba rebellion was an uprising in Madagascar by the Merina people that emerged in central Madagascar in response to the French capture of the royal palace in the capital city of Antananarivo in September 1895. It spread rapidly in 1896, threatening the capital, but French forces were successful in securing the surrender of many rebel groups in 1897.
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